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December 21, 2017

American Crafts, Prima Marketing, Hambly Studios, WOW Glitter and so much more!To subscribe head on over to www.BadGirlsCouture.com!

This layout is of my honey and me at an outdoor concert a few years back. This is one of my favorite photos of us.To see more closeups go to https://badgirlscouture.com/some-serious-bad-ass-fussy-cutting/

This vintage Archie Comic Book mini album was made in-house by the Bad Girls Couture team. This was so much fun to create with, anything that is vintage has my heart. To see more about it and close ups, visit the blog post at https://badgirlscouture.com/vintage-comic-book-mini-album-with-pizazz/

This layout was part of the team challenge, I squealed just a little bit to get some vintage Hambly Studios in this kit and used the inspiration for color, the clean lines and minimalistic look. To see what the team created and the magazine cover that inspired it go to https://badgirlscouture.com/welcome-to-the-december-bad-girls-dt-challenge/

November 16, 2017

This month we are blog hopping and showing off Colorbox® ColoriQue by Lisa Marie Jimenez, it is a brand new product line formulated to adhere to metal. Although the product was developed to work on metal, it also works with wood, clay, ceramic, leather, glass and paper. There are 14 vibrant colors in the line and a gloss sealant. Whether you want a patina effect, single color or a fine detailed design, ColoriQue can do it all.

This months hop is a Holiday Decor theme, for those that know me, know that my entire house is done in vintage steampunk so this is holiday decor in my house. I added some fall flowers to give it the holiday feel along with the greens that I used on the frame and balloon. This sits on my livingroom mantel.

To create this project, grab a silver colored dollar store frame. The Colorique works beautifully on this surface. I started with the black and covered the main portion of the frame with it. I added a white canvas from Canvas Corp Brands on the inside of the frame where you would put a picture.

I added the green Colorique to the inside lining of the frame to give it a holiday color. Sand the entire frame once dried.

To create the hot air balloon, paint the different colors on the piece. Sand it until you get the look you want.

Adhere the hot air balloon to the front glass of the frame.

To give the project a holiday feel add some fall color flowers and leaves, a little bling and pearls.

I am so hooked on Colorique, its uses are endless. Keep an eye out on the blog for more projects.

And be sure to visit our other designers that are participating in this blog hop:

October 25, 2017

I was really excited to receive the Etchall® Dip n' Etch as my mind was racing with what I could do with it. I perused our local dollar store and found some super cute bottles and wanted to make them into Fall decor for the table. They were a perfect match for this product. The Dip n' Etch is so amazingly easy that I kind of felt guilty. I felt like it should be harder to get this amazing finish, but I quickly stopped complaining.

I etched these two bottles 2/3 of the way and then added canvas, flowers, and embellies to give it a fall look.

I apologize for the bit darker than normal photographs but I did the main etching at home, I wanted my family to see what I was making. There are not very many steps to this as it is so very easy to do but I wanted to share this. Gather your supplies. Read the instructions on the Etchall product container.

I poured the correct amount of Dip n' Etch liquid and dipped it into the container as instructed. Held it there for 15 minutes, I put a heavy object on top to keep the bottle from rising out of the liquid.

And this was the amazing result:

Once I was able to get back in the studio, I cut strips of a Canvas Corp Brands canvas sheet, added May Arts Jute Ribbon, and some beautiful Prima flowers and beads to complete the look.

When I took these bottles out to take photos, I was amazed how the blended in with the Fall Foliage, you can barely see them.

July 27, 2017

I was asked to be a part of this fun blog hop with Thermoweb and their latest designer brand mixed media products with Rebekah Meier. What I received was a wonderful variety of mixed media papers, tape, and medium to create with. Be sure to hop to the other designers at the end of this post and back to the Designer Craft Connection blog for more inspiration!

As I pondered the supplies in front of me, I had my art journal out to the side where I had just finished up a starter set of pages with stencils and paints. So I thought about how I can use a stencil with the transfer foil and create a couple of mixed media journal pages. So I got to work...

Using a paper stencil from Faber Castell, I started with the lettering in the middle of a sheet of sticky back art paper. I use the mixed media medium to get the adhesive in all the lettering.

I then used one of my favorite stencils, roses and used the same medium throughout the outside of the art paper until it was all covered. I let this dry for overnight as the application is thick, I wanted the texture as well as the stickiness. In the morning the stickiness was perfect for the next process of adding the transfer foil.

I then started to apply the various colors of transfer foil, gold, silver and tin throughout the sheet. I wanted a rustic, shabby chic feel so I did not rub the transfer foil real hard so that it was NOT full coverage.

Once the foil was done, I used Prima watercolors to color the entire page. The art paper took the watercolor beautifully.

Now for preparing the art journal pages. I added Indigoblu stamps and Tattered Angels sprays to give it a mixed media look. I do not have to worry about the center too much as the large art sheet is going to cover most of it. The accents are going to poke out around the edges.

Once I completed the background and let it dry, I cut the art sheet in half so that it would fit across both pages of my art journal.

Now it's time to adhere them to the pages. Turn it over and peel off the back to expose the adhesive side.

Place down on each side of the pages being mindful of the book closing so that it does not go to the other page and ruin the paper.

Now add strips of quotes and words around the perimeter of the art sheet to make a frame. I added additional pieces in various spaces as well.

To make the text and quotes stand out, use a charcoal pencil and outline the text boxes.

Check out what a few of the other Designer Craft Connection Designers created:

May 31, 2017

JOIN ME AT SCRAPBOOK EXPO this weekend in Puyallup, Washington.June 2 & 3, 2017Friday at 4pmpm & Saturday at 2:30pmat the Washington State FairThis class is 1.5 hours long and is going to be the bomb-diggity!

There are still some spots left for this amazing JUNK JOURNAL class with its own canvas envelope to tote it around in. Color sprays, stencils, textures, rope, paper and so much more. Fun envelopes and pockets to put your goodies in. You will be spoiled with all the product you will receive in this class.

Check us out in the workshop book and get more info and sign up....hurry while seats are still open. We are going to have a great time! http://scrapbookexpo.com/ShowGuides/2017-Puyallup-Workshop-Guide/2017-Puyallup-Workshop-Guide/assets/basic-html/page-38.html

May 23, 2017

I have been on a serious ATC (Artist Trading Card) kick for nearly two months. I am part of two ATC Facebook groups that we create cards to trade with others all over the world. I have made over 400 cards for these groups in the last 7 weeks. They have mostly been high end digital images with some fun pearl work and embellishing. This was the only way I could participate at that level since I could only do them while I was at my store during the day. Recently, I was able to set up a craft area at home until my store is handed over and I work on my new art center, so this will allow me to do more mixed media cards, which I'm excited about.

So I got to work on making some today...what better products to use to make a set of mixed media cards then using the packaging from 7Gypsies Architextures Rub Ons, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and DIY paint.

Now lets show you how I did this:

I started with a brown lunch bag that I had left over from my lunch, thought it would be a great surface to paint and play with. I added paint and Glimmer Mist sprays to the bag and made a few paint circles and used a paper towel to add texture to the background.

I hand cut vintage dictionary pages and punched out butterflies, adhered it to the paper. Use a china marker to make the black outline on the pieces.

A trick when you are doing multiple cards is to add the adhesive covered cards face down on the paper, then cut around to trim them.

There were a few small slivers of paper with fun texture on it from the trimmed portion of the bag that I added to some of the cards for effect.

Now to use the packaging from the 7Gypsies Architextures rub on packaging, it contains some great quotes on a heavy cardboard making it them very sturdy on the cards. I inked the edges of the words as well as the cards to complete the look.

I hope you enjoyed this post, please comment to let me know you were here. Thank you for stopping by!

January 31, 2017

The Creativation 2017 show was a great experience. It was held in Phoenix, Arizona this year instead of the usual Anaheim, California location. I did miss Disneyland and knowing what, where and how much things were. My greatest hope was to have some warmth and sunshine and unfortunately, I was disappointed in that area. It was rainy and overcast as well as cold nearly the entire week I was there. On a super shoestring budget, Phoenix hotels are very pricey so I will have to work on that next year and do more searching for lower rate rooms and transportation to get to the store and back. But overall, it was a good experience.

At this years show I had the honor to create my 15th dress form for the Graphic45 booth and this year she was no normal dress....she towered at over 6 foot tall. I knew I needed to go big this year and I hope that I did not disappoint. She spent the first two days in the Graphic45 booth showing off the "Portrait of A Lady" paper collection, then when we had some shipping snafus come up as I was leaving the show on Sunday, Fiskars was nice enough to babysit her for the last day of the show and ship her home later. The butterflies that were punched out for the dress were Fiskars punch, so wanted a chance to show this off to the show goers and see what kind of cool projects can be made! Keep an eye out for next year, I am going even bigger! Thank you to Graphic45, Canvas Corp Brands: 7Gypsies, Prima Marketing, Charity Wings, Beacon Adhesives and Fiskars for sponsoring me for this show.

Lady Butterfly in the Graphic 45 booth

Lady Butterfly in the Fiskars Booth

Additionally, I created a small version of Lady Butterfly for the Canvas Corp Brands: 7 Gypsies booth. She was stowed away atop of a shelf for the show.

She is perched up top of the shelf.

The final and a very special project was done for Elena Etcheverry of Charity Wings. Each year for a number of years, Elena has had wings designed for her to wear at the show. I even created a paper dress to match wings one year. This year, it was time to do something different. We put those wings on a crown of beautiful Prima flowers with natural feathers and punched butterflies throughout to give it the winged theme. She was so beautiful and I was honored to create it for her! Thank you Prima Marketing for sponsoring this project.

Elena with her wall of wings and headdress!

Close up view from the side

Back view of the headdress with the flowing feathers

Headdress on display

And I could not do any of it without the incredible Fabri Tac by Beacon Adhesives, these projects all used up a large bottle of adhesives to make sure everything was secure!

Thank you for stopping by, looking forward to next years show. Its going to be even bigger and better projects!

October 12, 2016

I adore doing Artist Trading Cards, they are great for a little spurt of creativity and to use up those scraps laying around.

A little history on ATCS:

Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) is a conceptual art project initiated by the Swiss artist M. Vänçi Stirnemann in 1997. He called it a Collaborative Cultural Performance. Artist Trading Cards are 21⁄2 by 31⁄2 inches (64 mm × 89 mm) in size, the same format as modern trading cards (hockey cards or baseball cards). They are self-made unique works or small series, signed and dated on the reverse by the artist/producer, exchanged and collected by the people who participate in the collaborative performance.

I made a set of three vintage inspired cards using Canvas Corp burlap and papers, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and Chalkboard sprays, 7Gypsies ephemera and bits of May Arts Ribbon and Prima flowers all held together with the amazing Beacon Adhesives Fabri Tac.

July 08, 2016

When I joined in on the Trash to Treasure challenge that the fabulous, Tina Walker had put together, I wasn't sure what I was going to make but I knew I could easily transform some kind of trash to treasure.

So one evening I asked my daughter to help me to come up with something, I had a serious creative block and just couldn't come up with something. We walked around the house, the craft room and then the shop. I spotted a paint brush, I seen people alter them before and always thought of doing one. Why not now? So we found another one and my daughter and I would both take part in this challenge.

I was still stuck when my daughter, Mariah and I sat down at the craft table. She asked if I had clay, after digging I found some air dry clay. We worked with that a bit but proved to be harder to work with then we thought so we abandoned that idea. Mariah asked if I had an Sculptey clay, again I dug and found a few small blocks of it. Mariah said we were going to make faces for our paintbrushes and that the bristles would become their hair.

Four hours, many laughs, paint, jewelry, gears, feathers, mini bottles and more, we created two very creative paintbrush people!

Painting the brush bristles preparing it to be a hat for my STEAMPUNK guy!

Baking the faces for 20 minutes.

My daughters tribal dude with lots of cool features and embellishments.